What funding is available for article processing charges (APCs)?

The University receives a block grant from the Research Councils UK and the Charity Open Access Fund (COAF) to pay open access article processing charges (APCs).

As of August 1st 2017 the block grant received from COAF is running low.

The grant runs annually from October 1st - September 31st. While we have been informed we will be in receipt of a new grant from October 2017, there is a possibility that there may not be sufficient funds remaining in the meantime to pay for all requested APCs resulting from Arthritis Research UK, Bloodwise, British Heart Foundation, Cancer Research UK, Parkinson's UK and Wellcome Trust funded research.

If you are a researcher wanting to make use of the grant please contact us as early as possible - ideally at the point of submission to the relevant publisher - so we can assess available funds.

Four million euros are being provided
by the EC to support open access publication of monographs of journal articles
arising post-grant from FP7 projects. Publications funded by the European
Research Council and Marie Curie projects are also eligible.

The Gold Open Access pilot does not
affect author freedom to choose between the gold and green routes to open
access. It will cover OA Article Processing Charges (APCs) for FP7 projects up
to two years after they end. A maximum of three publications per FP7 project
will be funded.

Authors can apply directly to the
project for funding. Before applying you are advised to check the eligibility criteria and application guidelines. Applications should be
made as soon as a paper is accepted for publication as the publisher will need
to invoice the project directly.

The Library subscribes to a number of institutional memberships that reduce the cost of open access publication for all academic staff and PhD students. When you submit to these publishers, please use your Leeds email address and state your affiliation to the University so that the discount may be applied.

The Library has institutional memberships with the following publishers:

Electrochemical Society: Publish open access with ECS for free. Leeds authors are entitled to unlimited Article Credits in place of Article Processing Charges, if they wish to publish their articles as immediately open access. See the ECS open access page for more details

Ubiquity Press: 5% discount on APCs when publishing in any Ubiquity journal.

Credits to cover the full cost of APCs are available on a first come first served basis, regardless of funder, when you publish with: